Authorities Investigate Pair of Lakeside Brush Fires

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Investigations were under way Monday into a pair of weekend brush fires that scorched parts of Lakeside, according to Cal Fire.

The Horse Fire burned about 12 acres of brush in a rural area of Lakeside Sunday afternoon, Cal Fire Capt. Mike Mohler said in a statement. It broke out on Crazy Horse Drive near Morning Dove Road about 2:15 p.m. and was contained roughly two hours later.

While crews were still mopping up from the Horse Fire, a blaze dubbed the El Monte Fire broke out in El Monte Valley. It blackened five acres before being contained, according to Mohler and a statement from the Lakeside Fire District.

No one was injured and no structures were lost in either fire.

-City News Service

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